Challenge

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a very large base, and the 87FSS needed a way to inform the large number of people who live there of upcoming events so there could be better attendance. With their previous methods for communication, they found it difficult to effectively cover a large range of facilities and reach their entire audience. This unfortunately meant programs were slipping through the cracks because of low attendance.

Solution

Using Trumpia’s text messaging capabilities, the 87FSS Marketing setup different keywords for different program types such as concerts, BBQs, and movie nights. That way, service-members on the base and their families could opt-in to receive alerts for the types of events they’re most interested in. The base would then send invitations and reminders about events as they drew near, and it didn’t take long for them to start seeing results. For one of the very first events that they advertised through text, a whopping 25% of the audience attended because they received a text message alert.

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“We are definitely seeing more interest and excitement about our events now that we can send the information directly to our customers. And with the fact that people can now opt-in for the exact information they want to know, we are building customer relationships that we wouldn't have been able to maintain before.”